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Sudan military council calls for elections after attack on protesters

Tensions ran high in Sudan on Tuesday, hours after the Transitional Military Council (TMC) called for general elections in an attempt to appease prote

BP to pay around $10bn to controversial businessman Frank Timis

BP has agreed to pay around ten billion US dollars to a company owned by a businessman involved in a suspicious energy deal, a BBC investigation has d

Bomb on govt bus kills 5 in Afghanistan

No fewer than five persons were killed after a bomb planted on a government vehicle went off in a western Kabul neighbourhood on Monday, an official h

Monk’s fast, forces 2 Muslim governors to resign in Sri Lanka

A hunger-fast by a Buddhist monk and Member of Parliament in Sri Lanka has forced the resignation of two Muslim governors. The two Muslim governors we

Roger Federer waltzes into French Open last 8

Roger Federer’s dream return to the French Open was on course as the Swiss waltzed into the quarter-finals by giving Argentine Leonardo Mayer a 6-2 6-